>I am looking for suggestions on a good quality paint coating, for roll and tip. We've had great success with Interlux Brightside and Toplac. While we haven't done exterior cabin surfaces with this paint we've used it on our window frames, the main cabin door that we just stripped and repainted, our aft cabin doors, and the entire aft head interior. Toplac applies a little smoother than Brightside, but Brightside is a tougher paint. Interlux's website recommends Brightside for applications where wear is a possibility. In all cases we used the roller-brush tipping method. A friend with a sailboat across from ours repainted his cabin exterior last summer. He used Brightside but sprayed it on. It came out great. If we someday repaint the exterior of our boat I would at this point be tempted to use the sprayed-on Brightside method as opposed to the roller-tip method. ______________________________ C. Marin Faure GB36-403 "La Perouse" Bellingham, Washington

Not to hijack the discussion, but I have a alum. casting on my mast (43 hatt dc) I've repainted the wood part and would like to repaint the casting with the same interlux paint (one part). The casting is stripped and glass beaded, any sugestions as to primer under the paint? Thanks Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faure, Marin" <marin.faure@boeing.com> To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:55 PM Subject: T&T: Best top coat > >I am looking for suggestions on a good quality paint

I've had great luck with Awlgrip's 545 Epoxy Primer. It's two-part, but easy to use, and it provides a really solid foundation for one-part or two-part paints. Few chandleries carry it, though. I've always had to buy mine from an authorized Awlgrip center (my boat yard.) Ted Hugger Sequin, GB32-126 > -----Original Message----- > From: > trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces+thugger=maine.rr.com@lists.sam urai.com [mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-> bounces+thugger=maine.rr.com@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of > Bill Allen > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:08 PM > To: marin.faure@boeing.com; trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com > Subject: Re: T&T: Best top coat > > Not to hijack the discussion, but I have a alum. casting on > my mast (43 hatt > dc) I've repainted the wood part and would like to repaint > the casting with the same interlux paint (one part). The > casting is stripped and glass beaded, any sugestions as to > primer under the paint? Thanks Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Faure, Marin" <marin.faure@boeing.com> > To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:55 PM > Subject: T&T: Best top coat > > > > >I am looking for suggestions on a good quality paint > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get > password, change email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

While reading this thread I noticed an ad on TV for an applicator which has little bristles. They are in all hardware stores and come in different sizes and shapes. They seem to usually have a red plastic body and bristles about 1/8" long set at a slight angle. Has anyone ever tried using one of these to apply boat paint? If it worked did it eliminate the roll and tip and the necessity for two people working together? Thanks Dave Hart 32' Island Gypsy Lake Ontario -